"Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress."
Raizō Ichikawa
as Goichi Mizoguchi
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Tokari
Michiyo Aratama
as Mistress of the floral art
Ganjirō Nakamura II
as Tayama Dosen
Yōko Uraji
as
Tamao Nakamura
as Woman at Gobancho
Yoichi Funaki
as Tsurukawa
Tanie Kitabayashi
as Aki, Goichi's mother
Kinzō Shin
Ryōsuke Kagawa
as Priest Zenkai
Kōichi Mizuhara
as Prosecutor
Yūsaku Terashima
Hiroshi Ueda
as Man in suit
Jun Hamamura
as Goichi's Father
Yasuhiko Shima
Saburo Date
as Police detective A
Sentarô Godai
as Young man
Sumao Ishihara
Jun Fujikawa
Takeo Inoue
Yūji Hamada
Shirō Osaki
Takashi Hata
Kanae Kobayashi
Keiko Koyanagi
as Woman on the street
Akio Miyata
Kazuo Nishizaka
Taiju Yamamoto
Natto Wada
Writer
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Art Direction
Kon Ichikawa
Director
Shigeo Nishida
Editor
Yukio Mishima
Novel
Keiji Hasebe
Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Emi Ishii
Hairstylist
Toshiaki Maki
Costume Design
Toru Kurashima
Sound Effects Editor
Shunzo Matsumoto
Set Decoration
Shôichi Kondô
Sound Recordist
Masanori Kobayashi
Makeup Artist
Shigeru Katō
Assistant Art Director
Teruo Kajitani
Set Designer
Masao Ōsumi
Sound
Executive Producer
Ken'ichi Okamoto
Lighting Technician
Tokuzō Tanaka
Assistant Director
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer